Maine Learning Results Content Area: Social Studies Standard Label: E. History Standard: E2 Individual, Cultural International, and Global Connections in History Grade Level: Grade 6-8 Classical Civilizations of Mediterranean Basin, India ,and China, 1000 BC-600 AD
Students will understand historical aspects of unity and diversity in Maine, the United States, and various world cultures, including Maine Native Americans. Performance Indicators: a,b,c
What understandings are desired?
Students will understand that:(U)
•historical aspects of unity and diversity in the classical civilizations effect the world today.
•inventions of the classical civilizations contribute to the diversity of each culture.
•War is both essential and and important part of culture.
What essential questions will be considered?
Essential Questions:(Q)
•How does diversity in the classical civilizations effect the world today?
•How so the inventions of each civilization contribute to their diversity?
•Why is war an important part of culture?
What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?
Students will know:(K)
Students will be able to:(S)
•Important events and people:Genghis Khan, Qin Dynasty,Ming Dynasty, Ashoka, Buddhist monks, Krishna, Upanishads, Confucius, Aryans,Julius Caesar,Socrates, Octavian
•Sequence and timelines:Caste System, Six Kingdoms, Warring State period, Hun/Gupta invasions, Persian war, Eastern Han Dynasty, Western Han Dynasty,The Roman Empire, Peloponnesian war, Fall of the Roman Empire
•Key factual information: facts about caste systems, Hinduism, Religion and philosophy, Christianity, Sanskrit, Gods and Goddesses of the classical period, Religious involvement
•demonstrate the function of an invention and show that it is important to that civilization.
•make sense of the cause of different wars.
•design a model of the invention used in classical civilizations.
•compare and contrast classical cultures to their own.
•imagine what it is like to live in a culture other than their own.
•realize the cause of wars and connect them to the diversity of a culture.
Stage 1 - Identify Desired Results
Content Area: Social Studies
Standard Label: E. History
Standard: E2 Individual, Cultural International, and Global Connections in History
Grade Level: Grade 6-8 Classical Civilizations of Mediterranean Basin, India ,and China, 1000 BC-600 AD
Students will understand historical aspects of unity and diversity in Maine, the United States, and various world cultures, including Maine Native Americans.
Performance Indicators: a,b,c
What understandings are desired?
•inventions of the classical civilizations contribute to the diversity of each culture.
•War is both essential and and important part of culture.
What essential questions will be considered?
•How so the inventions of each civilization contribute to their diversity?
•Why is war an important part of culture?
What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?
•Sequence and timelines:Caste System, Six Kingdoms, Warring State period, Hun/Gupta invasions, Persian war, Eastern Han Dynasty, Western Han Dynasty,The Roman Empire, Peloponnesian war, Fall of the Roman Empire
•Key factual information: facts about caste systems, Hinduism, Religion and philosophy, Christianity, Sanskrit, Gods and Goddesses of the classical period, Religious involvement
•make sense of the cause of different wars.
•design a model of the invention used in classical civilizations.
•compare and contrast classical cultures to their own.
•imagine what it is like to live in a culture other than their own.
•realize the cause of wars and connect them to the diversity of a culture.
2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe.